Alexander Gardner is Director and Chief Editor of the Treasury of Lives. He completed his PhD in Buddhist Studies at the University of Michigan in 2007.
A biography of Drakpukpa by Pelden Lodro (dpal ldan blo gros) is listed in the second volume of Elena De Rossi Filibeck's catalog of Tucci's Tibetan text collection in the Library of IsAO, Rome (p. 334, no. 670.4). See De Rossi Filibeck, Elena. 2003. Catalogue of the Tucci Tibetan Fund in the Library of IsAO, v. 2. Rome: Isiao Ist. Italiano Per L'Africa E L'Oriente. Sonam Dondrub (bsod nams don grub) lists a second biography, by Lodro Tenpa (blo gros brtan pa) in his catalog of Tibetan Histories (no. 0561). See Bsod nams don grub, Bod kyi lo rgyus dpe tho. 2000. Lhasa: Bod ljongs mi dmangs dpe skrun khang.
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